Yawn Cant sleep these days Home Newspaper of Halton Hills 197H A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Main St Georgetown Ontario Publisher BOB Editor Second Clan Mill Number Is it the end Tuesday was the day that Ontario residents learned whether the provincial government was prepared lo back off on its intent to increase OHIP premiums more than per cent It was also the day that would reveal whether the political career of Darcy McKeough had ended Faced with the prospect of a provincial election by opposition parties which been backed into a corner once too often by what is sometimes described as an arrogant minorit government Bill will have to moderate his position But whether the crisis is resolved or whether the Ontario electorate faces another election Dircv rus shown that he can err in his decisions for it was his defense of the increase in the face of rising opposition that has brought the crisis to the point where it stood yesterday As one Hills resident said recently resignation could mean the smell of success for opponents of the Bradley to Georgetown If it does it would be worthwhile both for the people opposed to corridor and to the government which has suffered from a tarnished image over lU hydro position then energy minister was responsible for the decision to place the corridor through the Hills Concession in Since that time there have been four energy ministers all of whom have rejected T5l the honest arguments of the In terested Citizens Croup ICG based presumably upon the cabinet op position of The Halton Hills resident believes and we support that view that should McKeough resign a moderate element of the government might be able to force the Bradley issue to an independent study There either by government or Ontario Hydro an adequate ex planation of why they are not prepared to take such action There ire several available to either or have rejected the hydro corridor Among these are the Escarpment Commission proposals rcleised two months ago which among other things can only be overruled ministerial order the Ontario Municipal Board and court hearings on questions of law Parents rights 1 id put is I in been by miny pnposi I changes in Hit rihl of parents or il is it issue is i tins 11 e riejil in us font in i child Til existing law ill us such the rcmov il section of Ihe Criminal Code that is mil al issue is what is returnable by a parent or someone si ng s plici change ind dries what people tend appreciate as re Mam irsakoii was considered correct In Hike a child into woodshed I til ij lhat form t f discipline would Sim night suggest ha on child his be mi control left to the provide l of his children A his shown then is a in r legitimale it rcspecl fr prop ml rthir values To ask that pirenls spare Hen sD make Us bed of nails nit thin have to lit on it Red Cross Society may reduce services intaro I ranches f he i Red mas be fated will lies lo the community says new Jy elect Division president Christopher In Ihc fiscal year our rose by tent over those of 1976 reports These increases resulted from a combination of inflollon coupled with some txpinsion of our programs to reach people where we ell there were unmet needs Revenues however did not keep pate with these In our revenues decreased in 1J77 by lo 1976 While expect some in our revenue in it will likely increase in line with tost from gnurnmtn funding in spec fit services such as Blood Hospitals and Ret Cross in Ontario is depen dent on United Way or approximately per cm of lis funds The balance is derived from independent fund raising campaigns by Red Cross branches in areas where there is no Way and from legacies and other If we wish to tonlinue delivering ser vices the same Itvel in tht coming siys wt will be lo sick si of supplement try undine We are now budding strong of mmmmsm- Ik Hi f 1 BOLIVIAN in fiir volunteers wilh in nil aspects of riisini Th leim will be responsible f r and retraining people in our 12 to develop strong fund raising mech or our own campaigns in Mirth and in support of local United Way appe ds We are met mpctition for dollars as are so many community igmcics today In if lesicr ifflucnce need for such strvites is ours increases Unfortunately as income shrinks so do donadoas Only by keeping people constantly aware of the work we di cm we hope for heir and support Cross serviets residents of On ineluilt tht t and provisi of it no charge hospitals ind M in the pro Last yt ir 1130 Red Cross mikers 175 BOO visits lo he sick elderly or capacitated Ten small hospitals wire ope r rural Ontario Through the Health progrtm people learned preventive health core and the First Aid program gnduitcd instructors Red Cross offers Water Safety services lo tit mil multitude of Services Seniors TOperttnl of programs in ixetutid by who also make up the m inagemnil of the sociely AROUND THE RIM from 1 ve seen of he rthcaraals for I hi rgi lown I Theatre produc Moil of opens tonight at Howard school 1 say It s Hilt while Imiyk j lie rt vii r i will file his copy for next week I fo the n he interesting Iwcause play has dialogue and the ippt It err lit to the CI that comes up with entries Us seasonal lions and one day they might be able show tin professionalism In a facility which docs Justice to their efforts The is a play by BUI and deals with a family situation on Ihe anniversary of the fathers death Mum played by Vera Macdonald Is as the release by the an evil person 1 BY DON lib 1 iber in from London Hark n probably Ihe best or The Herald Some of us have off beat sleeping habits time culling yet Over the years those many years of which I talk too much and won any morel a nipping time has been durug opposition in i J t bulbil tin li do thnl speeches on Ihc budget during Tin st in mult pniicipillj a their financial critics lead reeird the lo Include have whelmini figures or righteiius indnnnlion on rt It has been lai gti nonsense Very nt fori trover g si il m r ye iw 1 be Hut hen It wis solid in and made a good case for poor thinking by the in its fiscal policies Most pertinently it pointed out the big spending that has been going on from pension fundi and the huge debt tu hem being piled up and which will have to start being paid back in eighties Peterson challenged that government spending has been limited only by he amount of pi money available to it And he tsn the only one who thinks that was the constructive pari of Ins speech which was the most impressive Not only because it was a change to sec positive lis also because his prailica well thought out and needed ALU THIS AM Be Tinsel town madness I Let go Hollywood week with a quick glance home stars some igedy and son plain stuff and nomensc as we tike a birds eye view of life in tinsel lown A slar such as should be remembered and I sure his music will live on for generations lo come but the wive mann that has been sweeping North since his deilh Is really getting out of hind Almost every two bit promoter his latched the let make money from the death of t in the final dignity of i family has been turned Into a three ring circus with promoters trying to sell pictures of the king of rock and roll in his coffin In go on everything from coffee cups and lo and Greed for the dollar docsn I recognize reaped honor or decency any thing eoes as long as sells The whole money a dead man hi I mesa on a decaying that docsn recognize its own The 1 itesl Jumptn gravy Irniii is from UK migiznie scientific proof tint of before his dt The tint I- Ms pud a whopping dominion for a cloning of his Ms The cloned duplicate lo Ihe supposedly from a Ims the streets somewhere UK Is offering reward firlhe so called duplicate Personally I think there ought In be a I iW protecting the dead against What a sad commentary on the type of garbage thai can be fed to willing public tht whole iflerde ithlrip issick me ir in ens r irt isupt in wiitriver Us tins Hist Hi llywood menu Hie nils the sic of living in Inlltl Ik r itlitudes her lilt stir of hi ninwi is oil Shu Ills Thi movie sex Hid I ine it Its sixml ire supposedly thing but here Is ileantxist wuhoul some Tin re ire no bird i r lut is a it luld lie 12 ye v in i whin louse in Ihe is rnogr Hi prit r neve mind is nit w iiMtnjIljdtnt lie whole but I Jnd tin lust i id i ii ignal j lace I retly lias always ishul when and right it luti ind an ill Kits is we walch lift in a bowl Hit fie ide of hmoiir slips iv in tin suitidis overdoses and other lnjid mill huh In roes mil I killer of diploimt to in vile him to real Hollywood party his ind wis just beaming when met il Hit by gorgeous maid wearing only ind her white cap The undress me room is here sir she said indicating a filled with discirried Our dipl friend was soon ippear quite and fnr his wildest ml isu is him for The maid led him I irte big double closed mi from which the sounds of merriment drifted The in lid asked his name and inniuncrd it loud is she threw open doors diplomat charged in and wis about guests in full formal dinner dress who si ireil at first hi mil thin with definite displeasure I Ins Hollywood style lit re recenl news story about a young dt who wanted to go Holly wood Alex a senior al Yale planned to throw i tush in Ihe real r ilit i n Dinting girls and Monk g woro alt on the age ndi Kwon id ordered fake French 500 notes alone with six blackjack tables tables He was going to givt in one who won a million francs either a w Mi ret Its or Seville the evening honourable par cuts hick In Ko got wind of the lavish planned by son and family pre lire soon cancelled the whole giriM How sad Gee pop Hows a guy collide supposed to have any fun It would appear most honourable son was into loo mm Hollywood magazines Jusl mother bit of Hollywood madness bile the dust Till next week sec you at the movies if tensor board docsn get there first Of this and that who has charm Shi lo dealrny anything good including the marriage of one of her sons I say in if you con get ticket because and Saiuie gin nrlo are already just about Using the talents of director Gent Ti a professional group has learned some techniques for gelling the most out of Ihe performers T performers learned some interesting techniques from profession director Theses Include a game of tag before rehearsals get everyone warmed up for iheir stage efforts And taking something from military which to Improve image of square bashing director Tichaucr also has perform speak lines into the walls of school auditorium so cues have lo be projected In order for the action carry on All In all It a very exercise and by shutting my eyes 1 Ihought I was It w is an mtndihk bit of timing wiek two items appeared on dt slttinK i of i other One was a press is from If Liberal MP frank Ihllbrook noting his of as par of the Municipal Grant Incentive for medium density Ing And the other was a clipping of a Canadian Press wire service story staling MPs were denied right to question In the head of the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation over suggestions leaked In a memo earlier this year thai government may be making the a partisan political body The reason A directive lhat said the minister or govern MPs would present cheques to under Ihc Incentive grant program All our roads are in bad shape town maimer Hob Austin old works committee Monday That s one of biggest understate ments I ve heard In a long lime After having driven through several parts of rural Hills weekend I can verify statement and odd a comment of my own It a like a battlefield for drivers on 17 Slderoad between Trafalgar Road and the fifth line the I north of and Sixth I Ine near 10 The engineer also slated to commit lee that he s loo worried about Lhe condition of 17 and since It would take as long to set up a bylaw a It will to Institute licencing of truck traffic in Hills committee turned down a request by resident James Goodie l that half load restrictions be extended I to agree with Mr that Slderoad may not be In condition to lake truck traffic when lhe half load restriction lifted As two examples There was a proposed point energy program which outlined a ihoughtfui and aggressive plan for this key area Then there was talk of industrial strategy a subject which many people talk about these days apparently without being too sure Just what they are talking and though there wasn a complete strategy outlined were a number of specifics Michael Cassidy diajil do too badly either He ell for the old traps of exaggeration he talked of billions of dollars of windfall profits in the Hydro uranium contracts The largest profit that has been estimated for the mines involved Is billion impracticably he proposed a million subsidy program Tor solar heating in new homes Solar healing still has lobe ixpenmentali and Indignation everything was This me ins that you rarely accept pracllcally anything an NOP says as credible But wilhin hmilt was best budget speech in recent years including his last ytar and he had some good stuff on apprenticeship which government has wr rkini on for months still arrived at a program the impact of ownership and other important points of the stuff is very reidable so long as you kept in your cheek There probably was an advantage to Ihese critics in that today we are in real Irouhlt thus had very concrete things to about Hut still even for hey put some unaccustomed life thought into criticism Looking through our files MIS of Mr and Mrs Join Malcolm hid a narrow escape from drownngon Sunday Gail was with of children on the this behind her home on Crescent and wis reaching for i stick in tie water from the Street ridge until she toppled in A of Mr and Mrs timid promptly went to rescue ind pulled her to safely In an adsirtisimini sponsored by Moi son Tod ml navy ranks fourth in the world to those of the United lint Norway Our ocean fcoing is now four times it as before ir In we had only rtguhr ships on our register Now re are 153 The total of ill our ships of over 1GO0 gross Ions including upper lakers and pisstnger sels is now represtnllng over i million and i gross registered tons of shipping A Hint old is reported hast I owned a Brampton insurance man and smashed it up on last night The Lad was seen taking the car and was pursued by provincial police at a speed of miles an hour over roads escaped mini injuries in lhe up Tht car was imaged VI- MIS I- in Chief Jack Harlow wis viceclmrmin of the ire prevention April 10 when I lit laid its election of officers IT Mill new lie of building permit fees is ad m wilh rites v a mixiiniim in pliieufthc present til in he new rite structure is to scl K fee on permils for building or titer mines up to in value for which there Ins laen no up to the present flu home came up for mention only it Monday council meeting group of were the tablt Conn remarked on inclusion of one which received readings on April which would allow to proceed build ng 582 homes to terms ol the company s which requires i 40 per cent commercial and industrial rilio Third read dig was nol given TF l- A taw approach to house building houses built on lines like automotive industry was shown lo the mayor ind five of the members of council Wednesday the Woodstock plant of tin Alcan Universal Homes la company hopes to erect some of iliest homes anion their homes in Sherman Court Delrex Boulevard area Council adoption in principle of a traffic study which would route a Be If Id freeway bypass across a valley and across Maple Avenue In the vicinity of the North Golf and Country Club has residents in that area concerned Col Sanders the patron saint of Ken lucky Fried Chicken will soon by opening a branch in Georgetown Construe started last week on the local store at lhe corner of Maple Avenue and Street near Georgetown